Wireless and Cable Disturbances Hit Transatlantic Lines
News wires report widespread disturbances in wireless and undersea cables between New York and Europe and to South America. Transatlantic wireless links were unsatisfactory for much of the morning with 30 minute mag fadeouts. Western Union ground currents rose 13 to 20 volts atop 160 volt supply, complicating transmission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Europe
New York City
Burt
RH. B.C
Western Union
South America
Communications Here Suspended Two Hours
Telegraph and telephone services in Syracuse were disrupted by ground currents from 5 to 7 A M today. Lee Maurer reports disturbances began between 1 and 2 AM and intensified until 5 AM, then resumed after 7. Several companies observed partial restoration by noon and noted efforts to neutralize the interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union Telegraph Company
Lee Maurer
Syracuse
Maurer
Postal Telegraph & Cable Company
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Eus
Here
Malone
Civilian Aeronautics Administration
Municipal
The
Herald - Journal
CAA
Albany
Cardiff woman named temporary administratrix of Rowland estate
Mrs Pauline Hill of Cardiff appointed temporary administratrix of the estate of her mother Mrs Elizabeth M Rowland pending a will contest filed by Floyd L Rowland who is not named in the will The estate includes 4000 dollars in personal property and undetermined real estate Hill to receive all household goods and two parcels while three other parcels and the residue go to grandson Floyd R Rowland The son contends the will was not the deceaseds last will and that she was not of sound mind when executed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Hill
Cardiff
Elizabeth M. Rowland
Floyd L. Rowland
Floyd R. Rowland
Legion Unit to Hold Regular Meeting Monday
Onondaga County Salon Eight and Forty will meet at 8 PM Monday at the American Legion Club 642 West Onondaga Street. An initiation will follow the business session. Mrs Parker Knapp will preside.
Intruder breaks front door glass at East Gene Zee Street drug store
Detectives Leach and Guilfoyle found smashed glass in the Drug Store at 581 East Gene Zee Street early today. They notified owner Henry Nicolella. Police said the intruder was frightened away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Leach
Francis Guilfoyle
East Genezee Street
Henry Nicolella
Waters takes helm at Onondaga Penitentiary newly sworn in
Moses M Waters becomes penitentiary superintendent at Jamesville succeeding Herbert H Paddock. Mrs Paddock resigns as matron while Mrs Etta Hopper is appointed to welfare duties at the penitentiary. Waters to survey conditions and set priorities, relocating to the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses M. Waiters
Ella C. Hopper
Court House
Henry F. Goldacker
Dewitt
Onondaga County
Jamesville
Herbert H. Paddock
Waters
Syracuse
Etta C. Hopper
Salina
Old County
Hopper
State checks hotel wage compliance in New York
A state labor department preliminary survey shows 71 percent of Syracuse hotels meet the new minimum wage order. Ninety four percent of women and minors in local hotels earn at least the minimum. In Rochester 97 percent meet the minimum while Troy reports 82 percent.
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Syracuse
State Labor Department
Rochester
Troy
Fire damages apartment at 211 West Newell Street
Firefighters from Engine Company used a booster line to extinguish a blaze in the Alfred Marshall apartment at 211 West Newell Street. Damage was slight. Origin undetermined. Engine 8 responded to a telephone alarm.
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Engine Company
Alfred Marshall
West Newell Street
Engine 8
Selectee Intoxicated Induction Deferred at Syracuse Station
A Syracuse induction station deferred one man for being too intoxicated to exam. Maj. Donald W. McLaren reported that a group arrived with marked drink effects. Of 100 received yesterday, 83 were accepted and 90 percent of disqualified men declined further examination.
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Syracuse
Donald W. MicLaren
Walter D. Steele
Joseph F. Kelly
Leland RB. Allen
Russell S. Davis
Alex F. Parda
Clarence E. Thornton
Mrs Strickland to Head Towns Volunteer Defense
Mrs Clair Strickland of Camillus named chairwoman of the volunteer defense for 19 Onondaga County towns. Ruth Silverman appointed nutrition group chair under standards and training courses led by Marjorie C. Smith. Frank I. Greene co chairs the local defense committee which announced a prerequisite volunteer course for March 11 at Syracuse Public Library with biweekly repeats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair Strickland
Camillus
Onondaga County
Huntington Club
Ruth Silverman
Marjorie C. Smith
James Dice
Franklin I. Greene
Syracuse Public Library
Robert S. Cook
John Wilkinson
Donald R. Casey
Raymond F. Piper
Hobart L Morris Named Transfer Tax Attorney for Oneida County
Utica lawyer Hobart L Morris was appointed transfer tax attorney for Oneida County by State Department of Taxation and Finance Commissioner Mark Graves. He will represent the State Tax Commission in estate tax assessment hearings, succeeding resigning Stephen W Brennan. Morris, a Hamilton College graduate, has long practiced in Utica and was named Oneida County surrogate by Governor Lehman in 1937.
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Hobart L. Morris
Oneida County
Albany
Utica
Mark Graves
State Department of Taxation and Finance
Borris
State Tax Commission
Stephen W. Brennan
Morris
Hamilton College
Lehman
British pamphlet raid over Berlin reported
One year ago today, March 1, 1940, British planes conducted a pamphlet raid over Berlin dropping leaflets. The operation aimed to undermine German morale and signal Allied resolve amid ongoing World War II hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Missing Williams Woman Sought by Police and Troopers
Police and state troopers press search for Mamie Mackie Williams a 52 year old physician says she may be amnesic following her disappearance last Saturday after leaving her husband at Washington and South Salina Streets. Family had canvassed medical and mental institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie
Mackie Williams
South Midler Avenue
William
Earl Williams
Washington
South Salina
Canastota High Boy Suffers Concussion In Wrestling Bout
Canastota High School wrestler Charles Berry aged 17 suffered a brain concussion after an airplane spin throw by Watertown High School’s Al Vespa during a match. He was taken to Canastota Memorial Hospital in semi conscious condition and treated by Dr. Richard B. Cuthbert. Further X rays were planned to check for vertebral injuries.
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Canastota
Special Dispatch
Charles Berry
Watertown
al Vespa
Berry
Canastota ‘Memorial Hospital
Richard B. Cuthbert
Cuthbert
Dewitt Kiwanis Club Sets Drumlins Meeting Tomorrow
The Dewitt Kiwanis Club will hold its 6 10 P M gathering at Drumlins Dewitt replacing Howard Johnsons. Col Charles Wellington Furlong of Cohasset Mass will address The Meaning of the Mediterranean with President Emmet J Pyper presiding.
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Dewitt Kiwanians
Drumlins
Dewitt Kiwanis Club
Howard Johnson’s
Charles Wellington Furlong
Cohasset
Mass
Mediterranean
Emmet J. Pyper
E M ODonnell Co Named Premier Vacuum Distributor
The E M O'Donnell Company in the Great Northern Warehouse Building has been named distributor of Premier vacuum cleaners by the Premier division of the peel Vacuum Cleaner Company. Organized in 1936, the firm has enjoyed rapid growth.
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E. M. O’donnell Co
E. M. O'Donnell Company
Great Northern
Peel Vacuum Cleaner Company
Agents Qualify for State Life Insurance Licenses
Persons who qualified to apply for State licenses as life insurance agents at examinations held here Feb. 20 were announced today as follows: Robert M. Brandt, Leo Connors, Mark T. Bruce, Alvern H. Butler, James H. Damico, Anthony D'Agostino, Frances J. Davis, Walter C. Sneich, Leonard W. Lanning, William A. McIntosh, Myron J. Mellon, Frank T. Miller, Bert H. Newlove, G. Edward Ogden, George In Ruby and Arthur F. Simmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Brandt
Leo Connors
Mark T. Bruce
Alvern H. Butler
James H. Damico
Anthony D'Agostino
Frances J. Davis
Walter C.sneich
Leonard W. Lanning
William
A. McIntosh
Myron J. Mellon
Frank T. Miller
Bert
H. Newlove
G. Edward Ogden
George In
Ruby
Arthur F. Simmons
WPA Cuts 135 Jobs in Upstate Restructuring Shakeup
Upstate WPA director Lester W. Herzog announced a sweeping retrenchment eliminating 135 key positions, shifting Syracuse as district HQ for an eight county area including Onondaga Oswego Cayuga Tioga Broome Chenango Cortland.
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Albany
Lester W. Herzog
Upstate
Works Progress Administration
Syracuse
Federal Work Relief Agency
Herzog
New York
William P. Lynch
Syracuse-Onondaga
Oswego
Cayuga
Tompkins
Tioga
Broome
Chenango
Cortland
Onondaga
Lynch
Broome County
WPA
Buffalo
Lockport
Rochester
Utica
White Plains
Jefferson
Lewis
St. Lawrence
Herkimer
Oneida
Madison
Hamilton
Otsego
Binghamton
Elmira
Glens Falls
Onondaga County
Injury Report After Coal Hopper Cover Strikes Worker
James Ries aged 31 of Brewerton was injured when the cover of a coal hopper at Lake Coal Company struck him over the right eye. He received treatment at St. Joseph's Hospital and was sent home. Ries is employed by the coal firm.
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Hort
James Ries
Brewerton
The
Lake Coal Company
Lodi Street
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Man Hospitalized After Fall at Woodbine and Northcliffe
Francis O'Donnell a 44 year old resident of 224 Woodbine Avenue was treated at St Joseph's Hospital after slipping and falling at the intersection of Woodbine Avenue and Northcliffe Road sustaining a fractured left ankle.
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Francis O'Donnell
Woodbine Avenue
St. Joseph's Hospital
Woodbine‘Avenue
Northcliffe Road
Submarine Warfare Declares Unrestricted Phase Near Verdun
Report from 1916 notes Germany intensifying unrestricted submarine warfare as Verdun battles wane, observers say. Collapse of naval restraint raises fears of broader maritime and land conflict in Europe during March 1916.
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Verdun
Idle Payment Based on 1939 Earning
State unemployment benefits will stay based on 1939 earnings through March 31. Dennis F. Sullivan of the New York State Employment Service notes many workers file claims using 1930 earnings and explains a three month gap before the benefit year starts April 1. The State insurance fund totals and payouts are outlined, including 1940 contributions and transfers to the Railroad Retirement Board. Administrative costs are funded by Federal grants.
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Dennis F. Sullivan
New York State Employment Service
Sullivan
Railroad Retirement Board
Federal Treasury
Washington
Sulivan
Fraternity Traveling Secretary Ends Syracuse Visit
Ban Parnell traveling secretary of Lambda Chi Alpha left the city today after an official visit to the Syracuse University chapter house at 809 Walnut Place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ban Parnell
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
Syracuse University
Walnut Place
Captain Bartlett to show Arctic color films at Syracuse
Capt Bob Bartlett explorer and lecturer will premiere first Arctic color films at 2 PM Tuesday in Hendricks Chapel Syracuse University. Event sponsored by Eta Pi Upsilon with proceeds to the women's building fund. Chancellor Graham to introduce Bartlett who sailed with Admiral Pearse and led multiple Arctic trips.
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Bartlett
Arctic
Hendri
Syracuse University
Eta Pi Upsilon
Women's Building Fund
William Pratt Graham
Bartlett Co
Admiral Pears
Climber Retrieves Nazi Flag at Pasadena College
Pasadena on March 1 reports Orville Seago climbed 60 feet to remove a Nazi flag hoisted atop the Pasadena College flagpole. J D Diesenroth, college manager, said the act appeared a prank and denied Nazi sympathy among students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Pasadena College
Orville Seago
J. D. Diesenroth
Nazarene Church
Debaters from Syracuse U To Compete Here March
Debaters Joseph Shimanek and John Chalmers of Syracuse University will uphold the affirmative on the topic Resolved That the Nations of the Western Hemisphere Should Form a Permanent Union in a March 7 meet here. The team tours the East from March 3 to March 15 visiting John Carroll Canisius Niagara Hobart Union Fordham Rutgers Penn Catholic St Vincent’s Carnegie Tech and more. Shimanek from La Grange Texas and Chalmers from Honolulu are seniors with engineering and science majors respectively.
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Joseph Shimanek
John Chalmers
University of Dayton
Western Hemisphere
Syracuse University
Syracuse
Dayton
United States
Shimanek
Chalmers
Chaimers
Honolulu
la Grange
John Carroll College
Cleveland
Canisius College
Buffalo
Niagara University
Niagara
Hobart College
Geneva
Union College
Schenectady
Fordham, University
New York City
Rutgers University
New Brunswick
University of Pennsylv
Mledelonias
Cathode University of America
Washington
St. Vincent's College
Latrobe
Carnegie
Pittsburgh
University
Annual Art Exhibit Opens Wednesday in Syracuse
The 15th annual Associated Artists of Syracuse show opens at the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts with about 265 entries. Jury of selection and awards announced winners led by Edmund Quincey and Jean Willams. special exhibition planned for past prize entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Associated Artists of
Syracuse
Jere Wickwire
New York City
Paul Sample
Dartmouth College
John David Hatch, Jr
Albany Institute of History and Art
Associated Artists of Syracuse
Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts
Onondaga Hotel
Edmund Quincey
Jean Willams
Ralph Laidlaw
Frances Cook
Beatrice Vose
Aden Arnold
Edgar Batzell
Hanover
N. A
Jere Wickwirk
Anna W. Olmsted
Sample
Dartmouth
John Stewart Curry
Wiksconsin
California
Universit of Southern California
Maine
Vimont
University 4
Souther California
Wickwire
Dent of Cortland
William M. Chase
William Lye Phelps
James Taylor
Vassar College
Hatch
Gardner Museum
Boston
Carnegie Coration
New York
Man Hurt in Pool Room Fight Identified
Leonard Porter aged 51 of 028 South Townsend Street suffered head and arm lacerations in a brawl at a pool room in the 900 block of South Townsend Street last night. He was taken to University Hospital. Acting Detective John Pistifli said Porter was involved in an argument and fight with another man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Porter
South Townsend Street
South Townser Street
University Hospital
John Pistifli
Porter
Bankruptcy Court Notices From Utica Docket
Special Dispatch lists bankruptcy petitions and debt figures from Utica and surrounding towns. John A. Qu, truck driver of Syracuse seeks release from $709. Clifford B. Dingman of Watertown reports debts of $3,351 with $200 assets. Paul Cappellino of Gouverneur owes over $5,? with no assets. creditors include International Hotel Company and regional lenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
John A. Qu
Tennyson Avenue
Syracuse
Peter F
Dorothy Grand Anne McMorrow
Clifford B. Dingman
Rutland Street
Waterown
International Hitel Company
B. N. Man of Watertown
Merriam
Brownville
Leo Strife
Croghan
Paul Cappellino
Gouverneur
PT Minoia
Clattris
Anc Motor Company
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Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Mar‘Ain's Ferry
Ohio
William Dean ‘Howells
Franklin MM. Noxel
Gordon D. Bull
Nicholas Kammer
Louis J. Ruebsa
Clarence G. Rubado
John Baczewski
Howard N. Black
Robert J. Lewis
Samuel Sposato
Edward S. van Duyn
Onondaga County Medical Preparedness Committee
Selective Service
Mrs. Strickland
Mamie M. Williams
iSyracuse
New District
By Benjamin Atlas
Bob Bartlett
Capt
Syracuse U
Bankruptcy Court
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